Can I use these speakers on 8 ohm? My front &amp; center channel speakers are 8 ohm.
42738
These are listed as 6 ohm. That's a compromise between 4 and 8 ohms. These should be OK with either 4 or 8 as long as you aren't pumping maximum power thru them. Keep it under 100 watts and you probably won't notice any difference.
365310
Sorry! This question exceeds my pay grade. I've always used only 4 ohm, only 8 ohm or switchable 4 to 8 ohm speakers together.
897698
You certainly can and they have a wonderful tone to them. It will also allow you to upgrade your receiver to a higher power receiver if you choose for a future upgrade and they'll be able to handle anything from 10 to 200 watts power at 8 ohms. Also, skip the add-on warranty, the speakers come with a 5-year limited warranty out of the box.
530430
Its possible that whatever you have them wired to cannot output to 4 Ohms. If you wired them to factory radio, it may only be capable to handle an 8 ohm load. That or if you have them wired to an amp, you may have the gain turned up too much, or if you have more than one speaker wired to each channel on the amp, you might be overloading the amp. Regardless, I wouldnt say it is the speakers, it is the device powering the speakers.
275073
The 6 Ohm setting on the amp should work okay for your nice 8 Ohm speakers. Higher impedance speakers should dissipate less power and consequently might sound a tiny bit quieter than lower impedance speakers at the same volume setting. But I doubt you will notice any difference.
1997637
I would expect that if your speakers are more than 4 ohms when connected you'll be fine. It really doesn't matter what your speakers are rated only their impedance usually 4 to 8 ohms.
523530
While they do fit physically they are a special 2 ohm speaker. Quite uncommon and expensive. Your system can make use of much more common 4 ohm speakers. These speakers do sound really nice but to keep your system balanced and your radio from burning up you should go with 4 ohm speakers.
1442609
You haven't provided all the necessary information to receive a worthy answer. We understand you want to power a pair of dual 15" speakers at 8 Ohms, but that's all we know. Complete your research by finding out the power handling ability and capacity of the speakers. Then, look again at the outputs that the amp is capable of. Your answer is then looking right back at you. I assure you this: Relying upon a bunch of people you do not know for answers to questions like this is going to come at a cost. You have no idea that they know anything about which they speak.
1496264
That means for best sound you should use 8 ohm speakers to match the receiver. Strange things can happen to receiver if using less than or more than 8 ohm speakers. It is not worth the try.
1251203
If your amp can handle a 4 ohm load that means you can hook two 8 ohm speakers up per side. That's 8+8 =4 ohm. You Re fine as long as the total resistance of your speakers are 8 ohm speakers.IF you run two 4 ohm speakers per side you get 2 ohms etc.You could also wire the two 8 ohm speakers I a series and get 16 ohms. To learn more about properwiring and Ibm's law you can find it at 12volt.com
249573
i had a 6-ohm receiver with 8-ohm speakers, center, left, and right channel speakers and the most it did was the receiver would get a little hot sometimes, just try not to use it for more than 2 hours if the ohms are mixed and you should be ok. or if you want to be safe buy a powered sub.
1067669
I am not familiar with these, but if they are 8 Ohm they will push this amp harder than 4 Ohm speakers. Still, should be fine. I am using it with some Martin Logan 10's and it is extraordinary
1210298
Yes you can. Specs say the amp is 2,4, or 8 ohms. Just don't mix on the A channel or B one 2 ohm and one 4 ohm speaker. If your going to install say the front speakers. Make sure they are the same ohms on the left and right. Same with the back speakers.
1301543
They have an eight ohm impedance. The Polk website has a very complete list of the specs.
2182669
Won't work with a 8 ohm coil. I use it with a 12" single 4 ohm via bridge and the amps couldn't handle it. I think you should get a different amps or get 2 ohms speakers.
2072891
Depends on what the ohm rating is for speakers you are driving. You'll realize more power to the speakers with 6 Ohm than with 8 ohm (140 per channel vs 100 per channel). The amp is rated at 100W per channel x seven channels @ 8ohm.
1464129
yes, just make sure they are 8 Ohm... Wattage is really the top end of how much power they can handle, the ohms is the impedance (think like resistance) if the impedance is too low, it is like shorting out an amplifier. Almost all speakers made today are 8 ohm. and 100 W of audio is way more power than is comfortable to listen to in any home setting.